The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-04-18
The WIND CLOUD.
FREAKS OF TIE DESTROYER.
Large CrowdsSurveying the Ruins
on Sunday.
The Story Of Destruction Not
Halt Told.
HOW TIE WIND CAME UP AND
KNOCKED Things DOWN.
Some Of the Freaks Of tho Rough
Rider From tho Vest.
Experience Of People Who Saw tho
Ugly Thing Coming.
RO0FERS HARD AT WORK TO
FURNISH SHELTER.
RO0FERS HARD AT WORK TO
FURNISH SHELTER.
Active Measures For tho Relief
Of Needy Sufferers.

vi Neeuy bllllCrcrS.
1t Is lutiio to attempt to convey in Ian.
guage an adequate conception Of the work
OF the cyclone which devastated section
OF Belmont County last Friday aisernoon
The moro is said, the moro there seems tc
remain unsaid, and with all the graphic
accounts that have been written, the mi.
mute details that have bsen recorded, and
the stories told by eye witnesseu, the hal
has not been told. There is 70 character.
istic Of the western cyclone familiar TO the
public through the accounts OF these Dc
strrctiva episodes Of the plains that is no.
e1empitied by the effects OF the tornado
across the river. The freaks OF tho syirl
ing wind were as capricious ns though
soma mighty demon had annsed himssl
by trsInping over the house tops, wresk
ing destruction here and spsriag there si
his own fsndish will. The circling eale
at one point p!ucked gigantic oaks from
the ground by the roots end laid them in
orderly array pointing westward, at Others
the trunks OF trees were arenched and
splin,ered few feet above the ground
and the tops hespod and scattered in con.
fusion, and elsewhere they were snspped
short off and carried inr away to every
point OF the compass.
ORIGIN OF THE STORM.
The storm Was q reritable whi-,gind,
The extreme heat and drynces OF tho ST.
mosphere all over this section OF country
had produced mt teorologicai condition
very favorable 10 disturbances OF this aort,
The air near the surface Of the earth be.
came condensed for = limited space. and
suriacs winds rushing in started q column
OF air revolving, sucking up ieares and
dirt, resembling the little Thirlwinds ire.
Quently eeen 4: street corners, only mil
llon-!old more powerful. This rising,
twisting ppiral Of blaGkenet; air was Joined
in tie nir by Il similar ravol.ing Macs OF
dense black cloud, and after lowering
about passed slowly over the hilis, in.
creasing its velocity aud fury momentarily
and travelling with rush and roar like
tho reycrberAtion CT mighty cataract.
1ts passage was attended with electrical
disturbance, and TO the north OF its track
hail feel in quantities, GONE OF the etones
being Gs largo rs hens eggs, and having T.
hardened crust OF ice surrounding softer
masH OF snow. 1t continue: TO rerolve
and 10 grow from the poin, Of its origin,
not lar from four miles west OF st. Glars.
vile, where, according to the declaration
Of man who saw it start, the column
could have been broken and disperset!
with broom.
WATCHING ITS COURSE.
A number OF gentlemen at St. Clairs,
vile watched the cyclone through a con.
siderable portion OF its course. Among
thcse WIS Dir. a. 7. McKelvey, who was
at his residence on a farm neas the town
and Just on the edge o: tho gtorm track
tie had q few .rees damaged and one oI
his chimneys blown ell. lIo eays he esy
the storm cloud as it approached from the
Weet. He recognized its fearful character
and knew tho danger that attended it, bu,
in spite OF this Was lost in wonder and al.
miration. He seys he never ex.
perieRced Rnch sensation o. sublimi;y
and grandeur as while hu watched
the majeatic column hover ahort snace
OF .imu over the devoted village and then,
sa,iated with the ruin i, had wrought
therc, almost leap Icr16s the country, ill.
ing the alr with Il strarga noise. As i;
struck the hill east OF Mr.. Mckc.yev's
place it seemed TO break and disappear,
with sharp sound AZ if tho hill had been
rent in twain.
Judge y. W. Carroll sent hia wife and
children into tho cellar OF his house on
Main street ipr safety, and .hsn sought q
good point Of observation in the back yard
and from beneath its very shadow watched
the whir!wind pats over.
HAD ENOUGH oTIr.
Judge Carroll pail no thought a. his
time OF life ho would probably not have
another opportunity to see what was ad
mitted by ali rivsls to bs ab1olutcly thu
yreatest travelling aggregation on the ROAD
and no would embrace this chance. lIit
curiosity wss entirely nat!gtied, and he
does not think he would care to hayo q
ticket il the show were to Wait St. Ulairs.
vile again.
Major Neiswsnger, who iivea In an hia.
torc old mansion jus. at tho west 0nd ui
town, which though not razed to the
ground is almost a total wreck, WAS asked
BY an 1STgLILGEScgR man yesterday
where he was when the Gtorm stIuck his
house.
81 Saa in the cellar, sir, Tss his reply.
81 Baw tho gentleman coming across the
hill yonder, and though never met
HIM bei0re, suw enough family reBem-
blanCe to recognize him At nn0u. always
treat E member Of his family with diatin-
guiahed defsrenCe, and | did not depart
from my rule Oh this OqcagiOn."
1t waa wcll for the MslOr that ho did
treat tho visitor with respect. TINS visitor,
however, returned OWL for good,
lifting numbsr OF apple ueea
from the ground by their roots md ,iHpos.
Ing them with s,u'lied CafGleBsnesq about
A ton acre field, pounding the walla With
telegraph polna, and piing fa~ hay
stacks in drsordorJ condition at his door
steps.
4 STRAIGHT TRACK.
NN UilelI Vi tHb NtDrIu w u"AEiIW'I
above Ia typical Of tho cyclone, which ID
no far NJ known '.iatinGtiye american
inGli.ulion, varying from tho antiquaiud
whiriwinds af the eiists East m widely ae
n Dakota blizzard diIcrn from kgnawha
zephyr. ltn conrHe and conduct, too, waG
in keeping with sinilar phenonens o! thP
;YnHt. Tho only now iuhtnro vas ita oc'
curcnrr among tho rolling hills oi L INT
ern Ohio. 1t hHG Hncn hold that n cyclone
could not happen hero, Int thnt point Ia
definitely Ho.tlcd advr,eely to tho ,hnoiiGls
The DraTOH. point which over experienced
II before wGG Washington Court lIouuO
Ohio, lying In q level country.
The lunncl.ahaprd cyOi0G6 ConBiatH 0i
n largs revolving inam Of air, with aG'
Cessionu Of material from the clouds and